AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, if a cell has 24 chromosomes before division, the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells produced from mitotic division would remain the same i.e., 24 and the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells resulting from meiosis will be 12.

Detailed explanation-2: -If a cell has 24 chromosomes before cell division then daughter cell resulting from mitotic division will have 24 chromosomes while daughter cell resulting from the meiotic division will contain 12 chromosomes each.

Detailed explanation-3: -So if a cell has 12 chromosomes at the end of meiosis I which is reduction division, it means that the parent cell would have had 24 chromosomes in prophase I. At the end of meiosis II (which is similar to mitosis and hence, equational division occurs) it would have 12 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meiosis is a cell division process where a single parent cell divides twice to produce four daughter cell containing half the amount of the original genetic information. So, if a cell has 12 chromosomes at the begining of meiosis then the amount of chromosomes it will have at the end of the meiosis will be 12/2=6.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complete answer: If a cell has 24 chromosomes and it undergoes mitosis to create two cells, then the daughter cells also have 24 chromosomes each. Mitosis is a process of division of cells where a parent cell divides into two daughter cells each of which is genetically just like the parent cell.